Frank wells



July 26 1927.

F. WELLS CLOTHES PROTECTOR Filed Oct. 10. 1921 lifeof the protector under hard usage.

material, such as mattin Patented fJul 26, 1927.

FRANK wnnns, or 110mm, ALABAMA,

KLEAN sEA'r PAD (10., on ST. LOUIS,

ASSIGNOR, BY 'MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, .ro nvn mssoum, A coaroaA'rron or irrssoum.

GLOTHES PROTECTOR.

Application filed October 10, 1921. Serial No. 506,615.

My invention relates to clothes protectors for use in connection with seats, chairs and the like, the same being particularly adapted for use in connection with automobile seats although in no sense restricted to such use.

When a clothes protector comprising hingedly connected seat and back sections is utilized in connection with automobile seats and particularly thedrivers seat it is subjected to exceedingly hard usage and strain as a result of the squirming or wriggling movements of the occupant f the seat while the back. Section of the protector is held tightly clamped between the back of the occupantand the back of the seat.v Under such conditions the sections of the protector are subjected to excessive strain and are soon torn andinjured' to an extent necessitating replacement thereof with another.

It is therefore the purpose of my present invention to obviate the foregoing undesir able conditions and materially lengthen the 0 this, end I form the seat and back sections of" the protector of relatively stiff pliable and connect said sections by a hinge mem er of greater pliability than the Sections and sufliciently extensive to permit restricted bodily movement of the seat section in and wriggling of the occupant of the seat without influence on the back section and without imposing a destructive strain on either or both sections of the protector.

Furthermore, it is the purpose of my present invention to construct the seat and back sections of material, such as matting, which presents a relatively smooth surface adapted to permit movements of the seat occupant relative to the sections and thereby eliminate dragging action on the protector tending its derangement and injury It is also the purpose 0 improve the detail construction of devices of this general character; particularly by utilizing the hinge connection between the protector sections to serve also as a protect ing binding for the adjacent edges of the sections. I I I Invthe drawings chosen to illustrate my invention, the scope whereof-is. set forth in the appended claims: 0 I

Figure l is a perspective view showing my response to squirming I my invention to invention associated with an automobile seat,

the latter being shown somewhat conventionally in dotted lines;

Figure 2, a plan view-of my improved clothes protector straightened. or flattened out; and A Figure 3, a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. i

Referring to the drawings. my improved clothes protector is shown as comprising sections 10 and 11 constituting the seat and back of the protector. If desirable the sections can be constructed of such relative size as 'to be interchangeably used for the back or seat, or one section may be constructed longer than the other to permanently constitute the back, while the :other permanently constitutes the seat. In the present instance the section 10 constitutes the seat and section 11, which is the longer, the back. The

sections 10 and 11 are constructed of relatively stiff pliable material, preferably matting as this particular material, owing to its smooth surface, possesses another advantage whenyused in devices of this character as will hereinafter appear. An edge protecting binding 12 is carried by the sections 10 and 11 and connects the latter together with their opposite adjacent edges 13 and 14 in spaced relation. The edges 13 and 14' between the connecting portions of the binding 12 are in turn connected by a hin e member 15 of material having greater pllability than the sections 10 and 11, preferably cloth fabric, and,

as will be observed, this member 15. is Sufliciently extensive to permit'restricted bodily movement of the section 10 in response to squirming and wriggling of the seat occupant without influence on the section 11 and without imposing a destructive strain on either or both sections (if the protector. It will also be observed that the ends of the member 15are arranged around the edges 13 and 14 of the sections so as to constitute abinding therefor as clearly shown in Fig. 3, thus imparting a double function to the hinge member.

It will also be observed that the protector can be reversed to afford double wear and furthermore, owing to the'smooth surface of matting material of which the sections 10 and 11 are constructed easy mov'ement'of the seat occupant relative to the sections will v be possible without imposing any dragging of relatively stifi pliable material, edge protecting binding enclosing the lateral side and outer end edges of said sections and connecting said sections together at their lateral side edges only in the relationship in which said seat and back sections are spaced relatively a considerable distance apart, and a cloth fabric hinge member enclosingthe adjacent edges of said sections.

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' 2. A clothes protector for seats, chairs and the like comprising seat andback sections each of which is composed of a. single sheet of relative] stilf pliable material, edge protecting bin ing enclosing the lateral side and outer end edges of said sections and connecting said sections together at their lateral side edges only in the relationship in which said seat'and back sections are spaced relatively a considerable distance apart, and a wide fabric hinge having greater pliability than said sections and enclosing the adjacent edges of said sections.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my FRANK WELLS. 

